Overview

EStars, the competitive gaming tournament creators had partnered with Epic Games and their hugely successful game Fortnite to create a UK Tournament Tour. This tour would involve massive prizes and attractions around some of the biggest venues in the UK and Ireland.

With the new tournament locations being grand in size, they needed a representation of what the shows would look and feel like. This representation would need to be exciting and able to be made into various video trailers, prerolls and social media adverts.

Project

EStars featuring Fortnite (Epic Games) – Tour Experience Video & Visuals

Client

EStars, Fortnite (Epic Games)

What Was Required?

Design, 3D Modelling, Animation, Compositing

Software Used

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Maxon Cinema 4D, OTOY OctaneRender

Process

The Shoot

To start some amazing actors were involved to fit the clients target demographic. A complete, immersive greenscreen studio was hired. With the help of lots of lighting and a few key props the various shots were captured in 4k.

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Process

3D Set Conversion

EStars have amazing set designers who are used to working in applications such as 3DsMax with a more CAD based workflow. Their 3D set needed converted for an animation and photorealistic render workflow in Cinema 4D and OctaneRender.

Process

3D Set Conversion

EStars have amazing set designers who are used to working in applications such as 3DsMax with a more CAD based workflow. Their 3D set needed converted for an animation and photorealistic render workflow in Cinema 4D and OctaneRender.

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Process

Optimising & Animation

The scene was cut down and a crowd was also generated using clever techniques within OctaneRender. Real, in-game assets were also created to meet the client’s requirements at this stage. The optimising in OctaneRender were vital for a tighter deadline.

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Process

Compositing & Editing

Adobe After Effects was used to composite the rendered frames and various passes. All footage was cleaned and chromakeyed while 3D camera data was exported from the Cinema 4D scene files to put the actors in place.

The edit was finalised in Adobe Premiere Pro to the beat of music, not forgetting the all-important colour grade.

Process

Compositing & Editing

Adobe After Effects was used to composite the rendered frames and various passes. All footage was cleaned and chromakeyed while 3D camera data was exported from the Cinema 4D scene files to put the actors in place.

The edit was finalised in Adobe Premiere Pro to the beat of music, not forgetting the all-important colour grade.

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